City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-1756

• File #: 23-1756
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/20/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Final action: 12/21/2023
• Enactment date: 12/14/2023
• Enactment #: 216398
• Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $20,000 grant with no new match required, from State Opioids Response to the Police Department for the Post-Overdose Follow-Up with First Responders program.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Police
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/21/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
12/14/2023	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2023	1	Finance Committee	Recommended to be approved	Pass
11/21/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $20,000 grant with no new match required, from State Opioids Response to the Police Department for the Post-Overdose Follow-Up with First Responders program.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $20,000 from State Opioids Response to the Somerville Police Department under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

The purpose of this grant is to pay for Fenway Health as lead agency for the Post-Overdose Follow-Up with First Responders program.

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor